ST. VINCENT WOUND HEALING CENTER IS 2ND IN STATE TO RECEIVE ACCREDITATION FROM UNDERSEA HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY

St. Vincent has announced that its Wound Healing Center has received accreditation from the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). UHMS accreditation means St. Vincent has met or exceeded the highest standards of care and patient safety through rigorous evaluation of its operations, including equipment, staff and training to ensure that the utmost quality is maintained within the specialty of undersea and hyperbaric medicine. St. Vincent’s Wound Healing Center, part of Ascension, the nation’s largest Catholic and non-profit health system, is only the second hospital in the state to receive this distinction.

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